14:40 Limerick

Tuesday 28 December 2021

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Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 5m 34.4s

Longhouse Poet^t³⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Brassil| OR: 145| D

11/2

Career best when winning 8-runner novice chase at Punchestown (25.2f, heavy, 10/3), finding extra. Off 12 months. Makes handicap chase debut off a good mark. Player.

Form: 38/6231-

Espanito Bello⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: D J McInerney| T: B Connell| OR: 144

8/1

14/1, fourteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Naas (20f, good to soft) 52 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Others more persuasive.

Form: 74120-0

Ten Ten^p1²⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 143| D

12/1

Good second of 20 in handicap chase at Punchestown (24.6f, good to soft, 6/1). Off 8 months. Cheekpieces on 1st time and not ruled out.

Form: 0P22R2-

Spyglass Hill⁵²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 140| C| D

12/1

10/1, unseated rider in handicap chase at Aintree (21.1f, good to soft) 52 days ago, too far out to suggest outcome. Enters calculations.

Form: 323-85R

Rebel Gold^t³⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: C A Landers| T: P T Foley| OR: 137| C

12/1

15/2, running well when fell 3 out in handicap chase at Gowran (20f, good to soft) 38 days ago, upside leaders and still travelling strongly. In the picture.

Form: 81PP-7F

Defi Bleu^t³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Jordan Gainford⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 135| D

4/1

11/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap chase at Navan (24f, good) 37 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: F4712-0

Full Time Score²⁷⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: D Robinson| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 133| D

14/1

Lightly-raced winner but (13/8) well-beaten third of 5 to Chatham Street Lad in Gr 3 chase at this course (24.6f, heavy). Off 9 months. Makes handicap chase debut and remains with potential.

Form: 23/113-

Dinny Lacey^b1⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: S Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: J Motherway| OR: 131| BF| C

11/2

Course winner. 5/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap chase at this course (24f, soft) 79 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time with more needed.

Form: 2P0-460

Jimmil⁶⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 131| BF

33/1

9/2, below form fifth of 15 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (28.6f, good to soft). Off 21 months. Significantly down in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 67U415/

Glenloe¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-8| J: Simon Torrens| T: G Elliott| OR: 129

8/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2016. Seventh of 13 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21f, soft, 40/1) 17 days ago, not knocked about. Trainer going well, so he can make presence felt.

Form: 54534/7

Eleazar Des Neiges³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 127| C

14/1

20/1, below form tenth of 16 in handicap chase at Navan (24f, good) 37 days ago. Others are preferred.

Form: 50P-2P0

Railway Hurricane^t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 124

14/1

Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. Below form sixth of 10 in handicap chase at Clonmel (17.9f, soft, 17/2) 26 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 14-0546

Halsafari^p¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: C J Orr| T: L P Cusack| OR: 122| C| D

18/1

Course winner. Unseated rider in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 9/1) 17 days ago, hampered and unseated 2 out when might have been placed. Back up in trip and no forlorn hope.

Form: F-43U6U

Montagne D'Argent^t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M J Tynan| OR: 121

40/1

Ninth of 12 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 14/1) 17 days ago. Back up in trip with more required.

Form: 431F-59

Non-Runners

Alohamora³⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 7

T: J Nash J: Gary Noonan

Forecasts

Defi Bleu (4/1), Dinny Lacey (11/2), Longhouse Poet (11/2), Alohamora (7/1), Glenloe (8/1), Espanito Bello (8/1), Spyglass Hill (12/1), Rebel Gold (12/1), Ten Ten (12/1), Railway Hurricane (14/1), Full Time Score (14/1), Eleazar Des Neiges (14/1), Halsafari (18/1), Jimmil (33/1), Montagne D'Argent (40/1)

LONGHOUSE POET starts out in handicaps off an attractive mark so he is taken to defy an absence and follow up his taking Punchestown victory. Glenloe seems sure to step forward from his Fairyhouse seventh on his return and is next on the list, with Alohamora another to consider in an open handicap.